Child Among 10 Family Members Killed in South Africa Shooting

Curious onlookers behind a police cordon, where ten people from the same family were shot dead in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, on April 21, 2023. AP Photo

JOHANNESBURG—Ten members of the same family, seven of them female and one a 13-year-old boy, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday.

A male suspect was killed in a shootout with police hours after and two men were arrested. A fourth suspect escaped but his identity is known and he is being sought, Police Minister Bheki Cele said.